Question About What AMP I Would Need...

[SlipknotX556]

Alright, my local car audio store is having a huge sale and I can get 2 12" Audiobahn AW12O6T subs for dirt cheap. Now, since the subs will be cheap I will have money left over to get my amp quicker, but only problem is, I dont know what kind to get or how powerfull to get...

http://www.sounddomain.com/sku/ABNAW1206T Thats the info on the sub.


So what kind of amp should I get?


Thanks for the help

[sk8dood]

http://www.sounddomain.com/sku/JBLBP12001

These are nice amps. Get two. One for each sub. i have 2 BP-600.1 and 2 10" Audiobahns, and all i can say is wow!

[Miscue]

You're gonna need a large cap or two, and very good wiring/power distribution that can handle all that.

Good choice on a sub. But why 2? Unless you are competing, or you just "have" to have 2 for whatever reason, it's kind of silly. Just one of those puppies will make you go deaf, two is just getting nuts. You probably won't be using a single 12 to full potential a majority of the time.

If you're getting that kind of system, you better sound dampen your vehicle... or it is going to be horrible.

[spazzed]

Originally posted by Miscue
You're gonna need a large cap or two, and very good wiring/power distribution that can handle all that.

Good choice on a sub. But why 2? Unless you are competing, or you just "have" to have 2 for whatever reason, it's kind of silly. Just one of those puppies will make you go deaf, two is just getting nuts. You probably won't be using a single 12 to full potential a majority of the time.

If you're getting that kind of system, you better sound dampen your vehicle... or it is going to be horrible.

Rattlin' Rice Rocket

[SlipknotX556]

Well I was thinking of one but with the price of the sub at my local shop, I can afford 2. I was think about lining the car with dynomat but I wondered if it was really worth it.


But Misuce, what wiring kit and AMP would you think of using to power 2 of the subs?

[sk8dood]

you would need 0g wire from the batt. and 2g or 4g splitting off of that. also a cap or 2. you would need a 2 farad cap. here is one at a decent price:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=50547

hope that helps.

[Butterfingers]

JBL Amps are great I have a 150.1 and the thing bumps with my single Dual voice coil 10.

People say that they are underrated by 50 watts RMS... that means if you get a BP600.1 its more likely 650 RMS.

Yeah 2 12's will make you deaf. ITs LOUD!!

[Miscue]

Originally posted by SlipknotX556
Well I was thinking of one but with the price of the sub at my local shop, I can afford 2. I was think about lining the car with dynomat but I wondered if it was really worth it.


But Misuce, what wiring kit and AMP would you think of using to power 2 of the subs?

For real, before you get your heart set on 2... you should check out what it takes to get just ONE in an ideal situation. Good amp, a cap, power distribution, sound deadening, a kick butt enclosure... which could cost as much as one of your subs. You need to price all that stuff out. Then, for a second sub... you need to price that out, along with all the extra stuff you need to do 2 subs correctly. Do it right, or you're wasting time and money. You won't be utilizing what you have and/or it will sound like crap... regardless of how good some of your equipment is.

BTW, is that JBL a D-Class amp? I didn't check. Make sure you get a D-Class for those kind of subs.

Yes, sound dampening your car is worth it... a necessity with the gear you want to get. You need to do it. You don't have to use Dynamat. You can use Cascade or Peel-n-Seal... or whatever. Do your trunk, floors, and doors at least. If you do two subs, w/o good sound deadening... IMO that is really stupid.

BTW, make sure you alternator can handle this.

As far as recommendations... well, get gear that can handle the power requirements... and pick whatever brands you are comfortable with. I'm not into the SPL situation, so I don't have anything to suggest off the top of my head.

[sk8dood]

yes they are d-class

[SlipknotX556]

I dont plan on entering contest with my system, so maybe 1 of those subs may be worth it. But with using only one of the audionbahns, will I still need a cap or not? If I do and what should I get 0.5 or 1.0 or 2.0? Now I was going to get an audiobahn Mono A8000T AMP (http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAu...roductID=13490} Now with me only using one sub and how many watts should the AMP be?

[Butterfingers]

The sub you link says it can handle 1100W watts RMS with dual voice coils... thats beefy.... I dont think your car's electrical system can handle that to full potential... these look like SPL subs they handle about 4 times as much power and probably are about 4 times louder than your normal run off the mill 12" subs.

If you get two of these you will surely DIE when you turn it on.

Id say 2 of these is equivlant to having about 8 run off the mill 12's that you would find at circut city.

using the amp you are using produces 400 RMS at 4 ohms which will work but it will be underpowered.

It dosent look like the amp is rated to handle a load at 2 ohms. Which you will need to run the sub in parallell configuration since it has a Dual voice coil.

You could run the coils in series but it would have an 8 ohm impedance and would probably REALLY severely underpower the sub.

Id say find an amp that is stable at 2 ohms impedance that pushes at least 600 watts at that 2 ohms. I think you will find thats all the BOOOM that you will EVER need or want.

[SlipknotX556]

Thanks Butter, I will start looking

[SlipknotX556]

If I am only going to get one sub and will I still need the 600W at 2 ohms AMP or will I need a different AMP?

[Butterfingers]

To push that one sub I wouldent get anything under 600watts RMS at 2 ohms. (Must be at 2 ohms). Thats if you wire the two vice coils in PARALELL.

Thats enough power to rattle your intestines loose.

Or alternatively you can get an amp that pushes 600 watts at 8 ohms if you wire the sub in SERIES this option is harder to find.

Since there are 2 voice coils in the one sub you will have to wire them either in series which will give you 8 ohms or in paralell which will give you 2 ohms.

You dont NEED all that power you can run it off less but it wont hit as hard as the sub was designed to hit.

http://www.thezeb.com is where I go for all my audio needs.

They used to carry JBL amps but no more. The JBL 600.1 is what I would reccomend they outperform amps twice thier price. and Sound Quality is pristine and is stable down to 2 ohms which is what you need.

If you could get a Rockford amp with those specs that would be my second choice.

I wouldent go more than 600 watts if you have a stock power system in your car.

So in summation you will need somthing that pushes 600x1 at 2 ohms

[SlipknotX556]

Thanks.